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Steel township, Lafayette County, AR

1,067 Population
74.4 square miles 14.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.4 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 49 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,721 ±$6,498 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $25,487 ±$2,525
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$26,346 ±$19,111 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lafayette County: $41,278 † ±$8,386
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

33.9% ±15.7% (354  ±193) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lafayette County: 22.3% † 1,344 (±4.8% / ±289)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.3 minutes ±6.7 (5,015  ±2,941) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Lafayette County: 29.7 † 62,505 (±4 / ±9,752)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

414 ±104 Number of households
  • Lafayette County: 2,622 ±183
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.4 (1,036  ±302) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 2.3 6,050 (±0.2 / ±18)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

650 ±122 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette County: 3,940 ±18
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$93,300 ±$4,395 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lafayette County: $81,000 † ±$13,584
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.2% ±2.7% (55  ±32.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 6% † 363 (±2.3% / ±137.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.7% ±28.7% (610  ±150.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lafayette County: 81.5% 3,662 (±6% / ±271.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
5% ±4.9% (38  ±38.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Lafayette County: 9% † 405 (±2.6% / ±114.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.9% (3  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lafayette County: 0.7% 42
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±2.7% (35  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lafayette County: 8.8% † 443 (±2.2% / ±112)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
35 Total veterans ±26 31 Male ±23 4 Female ±7

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